Title: Should install.php be removed?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Should install.php be removed?

 *  Resolved [magicalwonders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicalwonders/)
 * (@magicalwonders)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-installphp-be-removed/)
 * Hi folks,
 * I’m just wondering if the install.php file should be removed after installing
   WordPress. This seems to be the advice for most php scripts, but I can’t find
   any info on this for WordPress.
 * Hope someone can advise.
 * Many thanks,
 * Myles

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 *  Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/)
 * (@otto42)
 * WordPress.org Admin
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-installphp-be-removed/#post-1127525)
 * There is generally no need to remove it. It won’t work if there’s already a blog
   setup on the site.
 *  Thread Starter [magicalwonders](https://wordpress.org/support/users/magicalwonders/)
 * (@magicalwonders)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-installphp-be-removed/#post-1127730)
 * O.K. thanks for the advice.
 * Best wishes,
 * Myles
 *  [iblogie](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iblogie/)
 * (@iblogie)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-installphp-be-removed/#post-1127975)
 * Right, install.php won’t work when WP has already been installed. However — and
   I’ve seen this happen several times before — when the WP database gets corrupted
   and it then thinks WP isn’t yet installed, going to the URL of the blog will 
   cause WP to install itself again. This causes some minor annoyances, such as 
   a new post saying “hello world” and a new about page with the generic content
   in it, and let’s not forget the WP links in the blogroll.
 * So the question is, if install.php is removed, will there be any negative effects?
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-installphp-be-removed/#post-1127976)
 * > So the question is, if install.php is removed, will there be any negative effects?
 * no.

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 * [install.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/install-php/)
 * [Removing](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/removing/)

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 * Last activity: [16 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-installphp-be-removed/#post-1127976)
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